Why Energy Is Now the Most Important Variable in Your Business Strategy
The question is no longer whether AI will reshape your industry. It's whether you'll have the power to run it. IBC Ventures' Robert Mulverhill examines the New Energy Trilemma and what it means for CEOs and management teams navigating international business in 2026.
Nonlinear Growth in a Disrupted World: What Globally Active CEOs, CFOs, and Investors Are Actually Thinking Right Now
IBCircle brought together 60 globally active CEOs, CFOs, and investors at Wipfli's Denver atrium to tackle the defining strategic challenge of 2026: how to make sound decisions when the rules keep changing. Here is what the room concluded.
“We Don’t Bribe” Isn’t Enough: Anti-Corruption Risk for International SMBs
Most international business owners would never approve a bribe. The problem is that anti-corruption risk rarely looks like one. IBCircle Member Roxane Peyser of Alliance Growth Legal Advisors explains why small and mid-size businesses doing business internationally face real FCPA exposure — through agents, consultants, distributors, and local partners — and the three questions every founder should ask before approving any third-party payment.